Talahi Nursing and Rehab Center

While we were not very complementary of this facility's overall grade, it actually received an impressive grade of A- in the area of nursing. In computing our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

We also awarded this nursing home a favorable grade in short-term care. This facility earned a B in this area, which happens to be one of our better scores. In computing our short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

We wanted to draw your attention to this facility's inspection rating where it received an F. You should pay special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection rating. We would scrutinize the level of severity of the deficiencies. This particular facility was hit with multiple deficiencies in categories G through L, which are among the more serious deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by CMS had the potential to create actual harm to residents. Finally, we also need to point out that this place received significant government fines recently amounting to over $100,000. This often signifies that a nursing home's bad track record has been an issue for more than one year.

The last category we looked at was long-term care. This nursing home received an abysmal grade of F in that area. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 93.95349 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.